Wednesday 18 May 2022 12:07 AM DOJ SUES casino magnate and Trump ally Steve Wynn for 'failing to register as ... trends now
DOJ SUES casino magnate Steve Wynn for 'failing to register as a foreign agent' after he 'lobbied Trump on behalf of the Chinese government to extradite fugitive tycoon - whose yacht Steve Bannon was arrested on
The Justice Department reportedly ordered Wynn to comply with the Foreign Agents Registration Act in May of last year but he denied working for China In 2017 NBC reported that Wynn personally delivered a letter from the Chinese government to Donald Trump asking them to extradite Guo Wengui Guo, a billionaire who fled to the US in 2014, had been accused of money laundering and rape among a litany of other charges by Beijing's government He's also known to be close to Trump adviser Steve Bannon and financing him Wynn has previously denied acting on China's behalf in any capacity The DOJ alleges he did so to protect his business interests in Macau By Elizabeth Elkind, Politics Reporter For Dailymail.Com
Published: 00:00 BST, 18 May 2022 | Updated: 00:00 BST, 18 May 2022
President Joe Biden's Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that it's suing billionaire casino magnate Steve Wynn for failing to register as a foreign agent working on behalf of China.
The DOJ accused Wynn of personally lobbying former President Donald Trump in 2017 to extradite a Chinese businessman who faced a litany of charges that he fiercely denies and was forced to flee Beijing's government in 2014.
Wynn was asked to do so by former Chinese security official Sun Lijun, the complaint reads.
In 2017 it was reported that Wynn hand-delivered a letter to Trump from the Chinese government urging the then-president to deport businessman Guo Wengui, who had claimed asylum in the US.
Guo previously made headlines in 2020 when ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon was arrested aboard Guo's mega-yacht and charged with defrauding investors in a non-profit.
He's known to be a close associate of Bannon's and for having bankrolled multiple of his business ventures. Beijing has accused Guo of corruption, money laundering and rape, among other allegations.
Guo was also a member of Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida as recently as
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